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Bosporus Satyr Lion
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Cimmerian Bosporus Kingdom, 325 - 310 BC, 19mm, 6.42g, SNG Stancomb 553, SNG BM Black Sea 883-5, Macdonald 70, HGC 7, 114
OBV: Ivy wreathed head of young satyr left
REV: Π-Α-[N] around head of lion left
Panticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, romanized: Padikápeon)
was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea,
which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat,
a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC.
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![Bosporus Satyr Lion
Cimmerian Bosporus Kingdom, 325 - 310 BC, 19mm, 6.42g, SNG Stancomb 553, SNG BM Black Sea 883-5, Macdonald 70, HGC 7, 114
OBV: Ivy wreathed head of young satyr left
REV: Π-Α-[N] around head of lion left
Panticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, romanized: Padikápeon)
was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea,
which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat,
a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC.](albums/userpics/23295/normal_Bosporus_Satyr_Lion.JPG "Click to view full size image
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Bosporus Satyr Lion
Cimmerian Bosporus Kingdom, 325 - 310 BC, 19mm, 6.42g, SNG Stancomb 553, SNG BM Black Sea 883-5, Macdonald 70, HGC 7, 114
OBV: Ivy wreathed head of young satyr left
REV: Π-Α-[N] around head of lion left
Panticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, romanized: Padikápeon)
was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea,
which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat,
a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC.")
